Improvement in blotters



. W. J. KETGHAM.

, Blotters.

N0.151,987. PatentedJunel6,1874.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM JAY KETGHAM, OF IVASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BLOTTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 151,987, dated June 16, 1874; application filed May 20, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,WILLIAM J AY KETGHAM, in the county of WVashington and District of Columbia, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Blotters; and the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the acc0mpanying drawings making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the blotter in combination with a pen-holder. Fig. 2 represents the same in position for writing. Fig. 3 represents the same when used as a blotter. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 represent the sev eral separate pieces forming the blotter-roller; N o. 4 showing the frame, No. 6 the ring-clasp which holds the blotting material in position, and No. 5 shows a section of a spool, forming a center and support for the clasp No. 6, secured by a pin or harbor in the frame No. at.

My invention relates to a combination of two articles of stationery; and it consists in the construction of a revolving blotter secured to and combined with a pen-holder, thus embracing the two articles in one convenient instrument.

To enable others 'to make and use my invention, I will describe it more in detail, re-

ferring to the drawings and figures marked thereon.

Figs. No. 1, 2, and 3 need no special reference, as they relate to the instrument, and its uses in position.

Fig. at consists of a socket, c, provided with two prongs, b I), made of any suitable metal or other material, and of any suitable size to fit any common pen-holder'in use, the prongs b b being separated a sufficient distance apart to receive the blotter B. Fig. 5 shows a section of a spool, made of light wood or other material, of suitable size for retaining the band or ring clasp No. '5 in position in the frame No. 4. Fig. 6 consists of a thin metallic band or ring clasp, of any desirable width and diameter, spring-tempered, so that when the strip of blotting-paper is wrapped around, and the ends of the same inserted in the longitudinal opening 0, it is firmly held in place by therebouuding of the spring-clasp, thus forming a base for blotting material.

Iclai1n- The combination of a revolving blotter with a writing or ruling pen-holder, as and for the purposes specified.

IV. JAY KETGHAM.

\Vitnesses:

J. B. WooDRUFF, L. '1. SQUIRE. 

